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A U.K. coalition led by Prof. Chris Elliott warns that nitrites in processed meats have contributed to 54,000 bowel cancer cases in the past decade, costing the NHS £3 billion in treatment.The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified processed meats as Group 1 carcinogens (like tobacco and asbestos) in 2015, yet U.K. regulators have failed to act.
Nitrites react in the stomach to form nitrosamines, potent carcinogens linked to 5,400 annual bowel cancer cases in the U.K. alone.
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) claims nitrites prevent botulism, but the coalition counters that nitrite-free bacon exists without any botulism outbreaks.
69 percent of Britons support banning nitrites and France has already moved to reduce nitrite levels by 20 percent, while the U.K. lags behind despite cross-party political backing.
A coalition of leading scientists, medical professionals and politicians is demanding an immediate ban on nitrites in supermarket bacon and ham, citing a devastating public health toll they link to over 54,000 bowel cancer cases in the United Kingdom over the past decade.
The newly-formed Coalition Against Nitrites led by prominent food safety expert, Professor Chris Elliott, represents a direct challenge to both government regulators and the food industry, arguing that the continued use of these chemicals constitutes a preventable crisis with a staggering human and financial cost. The current campaign is rooted in a pivotal scientific declaration made a decade ago....<<<Read More>>>....